FEAR 3 by Warner Bros contains some interesting enhancements

Posted by | April 14, 2010

It’s hard to recall if we reviewed the first installment of this video game series, but FEAR does fit into the atmospheric horror first-person-shooter pretty well. However, we found ourselves quickly bogged down in the tirelessly moronic AI and other elements that didn’t really let us feel our way through the game. The scary bits, however, if memory serves did tend to prove pretty jump-tastic.

The additional enhancements FEAR 3 will see is something we’re actually intrigued by: co-op play with two different main characters.

In a break from previous installments, F.E.A.R. 3 features two-player co-op. Players have their choose between the super soldier Point Man or the powerful psychic Paxton Fettel. Each has their own special set of abilities, allowing for two distinct play experiences. There’s no mention of competitive multiplayer features.

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Media Giant Warner Bros Set to Consume Midway Games, Make Mortal Kombat “Extreme”

Posted by | June 27, 2009

The stumbling behemoth Warner Bros, known in recent times for “improving” beloved cartoons to the certain delight and praise of fans, is set to purchase bankrupt game studio Midway. It should be an easy deal, what with WB being the only bidder at the auction. The projected price tag is said to be about 33-million human dollars, which is pennies compared to what some of Midway’s video game properties used to bring in.

Midway has been kicked around like a bloodstained football for some time now, of late coming under the claws of Summer Redstone, one of the shadowy humanoid pillars behind Viacom, Inc. When Summer proved unable to massage Midway into a profitable shape, he sold the company to a private investor in exchange for a tax write-off instead of actual money, which should give …

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